J Beekeeping Club has a new meeting spot, and members are ready to welcome some new busy bees into the group.
President Michael Symczycz said the club is an educational group there to assist and advise new and existing beekeepers from Hume and surrounding areas.
“We’ve always been there to educate new and existing beekeepers in bee husbandry and managing their apiaries,” he said.
He said the not-for-profit group can assist with biosecurity concerns, setting up a beehive in your backyard and other bee-related activities.
“The club offers members loan equipment as far as extractors, wire embedders … so we offer that sort of stuff for new members for when they’re first starting out,” Mr Symczycz said.
“We also have a mentoring service for that first year. We’ll mentor the new beekeeper to help them along in their first year of their membership.”
This month the club will also host a workshop on Saturday, October 25, for an introductory beekeeper course aimed at beginner beekeepers to set foundations of best practices in bee husbandry.
J Beekeeping Club meets on the second Wednesday of the month, now at the Goonawarra Neighbourhood House in Sunbury from 7pm to 9pm.
Prospective members are welcome to attend their first meeting free.
If you’d like to join the group, you can go to https://jbeekeeping.org/join-the-club/
